Disco!
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 21, 2021 (2021-06-21)
GenreHip hop
Length43:12
Label10K
ProducerDJ Blackpower
Mike chronology
Weight of the World
(2020)
Disco!
(2021)
Beware of the Monkey
(2022)
Singles from Disco!
  1. "Evil Eye"
    Released: April 13, 2021
  2. "Crystal Ball"
    Released: May 13, 2021

Disco! is a studio album by American rapper Mike. It was released via 10K on June 21, 2021.[1] It has received generally favorable reviews from critics.[2] It peaked at number 98 on the Billboard Top Current Album Sales chart.[3]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic79/100[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
HipHopDX3.9/5[4]
Flood Magazine8/10[5]
Pitchfork8.0/10[6]
Spectrum Culture80%[7]
Spinfavorable[8]
Stereogumfavorable[9]

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 79, based on 4 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[2]

Dylan Green of Pitchfork gave the album an 8.0 out of 10, stating, "It's less a singing-and-dancing, public reclamation of self than it is a silent disco, a reminder that introspection and consistency can break any curse."[6] Tomas Miriti Pacheco of Spin commented that "the progression of both his sorrow and his musical technique can be traced across the album's diverse tracks."[8] Pranav Trewn of Stereogum wrote, "He is a conduit for a broad coalition of voices that speak across the album, taking in their perspectives and reflecting them back out like the disco ball that obscures his face on the cover."[9]

Accolades

Publication Accolade Rank Ref.
NPR 50 Best Albums of 2021
39
Okayplayer 21 Best Albums of 2021
7
Paste 40 Best Hip-Hop Albums of 2021
N/A
Pitchfork 50 Best Albums of 2021
16
PopMatters 20 Best Hip-Hop Albums of 2021
6

Track listing

All tracks were produced by Mike, under his production alias dj blackpower.

No.TitleLength
1."Evil Eye"2:08
2."Alarmed!" (featuring Sideshow)2:36
3."Leaders of Tomorrow (Intro)"2:58
4."Center City"1:50
5."Big Love"3:34
6."Aww (Zaza)"2:01
7."Ghoulish"1:46
8."Babyvillain (In Our Veins)"2:38
9."At Thirst Sight by Assia"3:14
10."Frogville (MK Ultra)"2:32
11."Endgame"1:31
12."World Market (Mo' Money)"2:54
13."Crystal Ball"1:37
14."Sandra"3:09
15."Tailwind"1:57
16."Airdrop"1:53
17."Spiral/Disco (Outro)"4:54
Total length:43:12
  • "Alarmed!", "Ghoulish", "At Thirst Sight by Assia", and "Tailwind" are stylized in lowercase letters
  • "At Thirst Sight by Assia" features vocals from singer Assia

Charts

Chart Peak
position
US Top Current Album Sales (Billboard)[3] 98

References

  1. "Disco! - MIKE | Releases". AllMusic. Retrieved October 8, 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 "Disco! by MIKE". Metacritic. Retrieved October 8, 2022.
  3. 1 2 "Top Current Album Sales: Week of August 27, 2022". Billboard. Archived from the original on August 29, 2022. Retrieved October 8, 2022.
  4. Brutocao, Ben (July 22, 2021). "MIKE Balances Trauma & Hope On Introspective 'DISCO!' Album". HipHopDX. Retrieved October 8, 2022.
  5. Amorosi, Ad (June 23, 2021). "Mike, Disco!". Flood Magazine. Retrieved October 21, 2022.
  6. 1 2 Green, Dylan (June 23, 2021). "MIKE: Disco!". Pitchfork. Retrieved October 8, 2022.
  7. Dempsey, Colin (June 21, 2021). "Mike: Disco!". Spectrum Culture. Retrieved October 21, 2022.
  8. 1 2 Pacheco, Tomas Miriti (June 21, 2021). "On Disco!, MIKE Shares A Glimmer Of Hope". Spin. Retrieved October 8, 2022.
  9. 1 2 Trewn, Pranav (June 21, 2021). "The Meditative Splendor Of MIKE's Disco!". Stereogum. Retrieved October 8, 2022.
  10. "NPR Music's 50 Best Albums of 2021, Ranked (page 2 of 5)". NPR. December 1, 2021. Retrieved October 8, 2022.
  11. "Okayplayer's 21 Best Albums of 2021". Okayplayer. 2021. Retrieved October 8, 2022.
  12. "The 40 Best Hip-Hop Albums of 2021". Paste. December 31, 2021. Retrieved October 8, 2022.
  13. "The 50 Best Albums of 2021". Pitchfork. December 7, 2021. Retrieved October 8, 2022.
  14. "The 20 Best Hip-Hop Albums of 2021 (page 3 of 4)". PopMatters. December 13, 2021. Retrieved October 8, 2022.
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